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Maine Tops the Chart in the US Hospital Safety Score Rankings for the Fourth...
How safe is your Hospital? Many hospitals don't give much importance to the safety of a patient. But some make it as its top priority. It is important
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Male Nurse At Fortis Hospital Sexually Assaults Dengue Patient
Members of the expert committee on preventing crimes against women and children visited Fortis hospital in Bengaluru, following a complaint that a male
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Robotic Surgery is All About Better Vision, Precision, Control
New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital's Director, Minimal Access and Robotic Surgery Program, Dr Mario Leitao Jr., is by the side of a middle aged
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Hospital Ropes in 'Fake Patients' to Secure Medical College Recognition in...
As per the Medical Council of India, Hospitals must possess a bed strength of 600 along with 70% mandatory occupancy to admit 100 medical students. In
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Yemen Healthcare Facilities 'Deliberately' Attacked: ICRC
Hospitals in Yemen have been repeatedly and deliberately attacked, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, and also urged warring factions to respect the sanctity of health facilities.
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Older Adults With Dementia Make More Emergency Department Visits
A new study from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has revealed that older adults with dementia are more
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Infant's Head Gets Severed During Delivery At a District Hospital in Uttar...
A case has been registered against a gynecologist and a staff nurse on homicide charges in Uttar Pradesh. A 32-year-old woman was admitted for delivery at a district hospital in Rampur.
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US Emergency Departments Show Racial Disparities in Pain Management
Racial/ethnic disparities in care delivery and outcomes are an ongoing issue in the United States healthcare system. Discrepancies in emergency care are
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Complex Numeric Data on Hospital Acquired Infection Confuses Consumers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides numeric data on healthcare-associated infections to help consumers choose hospitals. A new
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Hospital Staff Suspended and Transferred Over Infant Deaths in Kolkata
Four staffers of the state-run Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata have been transferred and several others suspended following the death of two babies
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Junior Doctors and Nurses Protest Disciplinary Action Against Infant Deaths...
In a gruesome incident, two newborn babies have died due to overheating in a warmer apparatus at the Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) in Kolkata Medical College.
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Singapore Hospital Recalls 178 Children Cared For By Nurse With TB For Test
As many as 178 pediatric patients - including 131 under the age of two years - have been recalled by Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH), as
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Day-Old-Baby Succumbs to an Ambulance Blast in Thane, Mumbai
In a gruesome incident, a one- day-old-baby was killed due to a blast in the ambulance. Manish and his wife were desperate for a child since two years
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Do Not Resuscitate or DNR Orders Affect Hospital Rankings
Insurance organizations, policy and healthcare consumers rely heavily on hospital ranking reports, but how accurate are they? Do differences in patient
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Conjoined Twins to Undergo Advanced Tests At AIIMS for Separation Surgery
For more than a decade, conjoined twins Veena and Vani have stayed at the Niloufer Hospital in Telangana hoping to be separated. After constant efforts
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Minorities in US Less Likely to Trust Physicians Than White People
Minority groups in the United States are less likely than white people to believe their doctors care about them, revealed a new research by University of Pennsylvania's Abigail Sewell.
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Continuous Infant Deaths Create a Fury at Malda Hospital in Kolkata
There has been constant news about infant deaths for quite a while. Again in a gruesome incident, seven newborn babies have died in the past 10 hours
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Exceptional Care Requires Patient-Driven Education
Sitting in a consultation with a doctor or nurse, jargon gets thrown around, time with the health-care provider is short and, soon after the conversation
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150 Harley Davidson Riders Ride Through Mumbai Roads To Protest Attacks
About 150 Harley Davidson bikers from Mumbai and Pune joined hands and participated in a bike rally to raise awareness on doctors rights. The rally called
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Dutch Survives Critical Abdominal Aorta Surgery in Gurgaon Hospital
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta. A 66-year-old patient from the Netherlands, who was suffering from
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